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Yuppie Lit: Books About The Filthy Rich

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First Posted: 08/01/11 12:54 PM ET Updated: 10/01/11 06:12 AM ET

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Macy Halford recently wrote in the New Yorker‘s Book Bench that she happened upon the “hipster lit” section of Bookhampton while browsing in its Sag Harbor location. The shelves are loaded with the usual suspects: Bolaño, Hornby, and Rimbaud. In the comments section, a rep from Bookhampton gushes, “Bukowski and McSweeney’ [sic] as well as the ultimate female hipster Jennifer Egan (Visit from Goon Squad) and Patti Smith jumped off the shelves this morning… We just put them back!”

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thebigbike
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07:50 PM on 08/02/2011
"Filthy Rich" a term that takes on ever more poignant meanings these days.
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Badges we don't need no stinking badges
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01:08 PM on 08/01/2011
'American Psycho' and 'The Privileges' are the only ones about yuppies. Just saying.
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